Sunday, May 29, 2011

Couple charged in Woodstock-area death

A 26-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a 48-year-old Prairie Grove man, Kurt Milliman. The shooting occurred in McHenry County, in the 4300 block of Doty Road, just south of Centegra Hospital-Woodstock.

Timothy S. Smith, 26, has been charged with first-degree murder, among other serious charges, and his 28-year-old wife, Kimberly A. (Holian) Smith has also been charged.

The case is being investigated by the McHenry County Sheriff's Department.

At 1:06PM today I called MCSD and spoke with Lt. Popovits of the Detective Division and asked to be informed of any press conference to be held. At 2:16PM the Northwest Herald published an online story of the shooting. The Daily Herald has not reported it yet. No press release has been posted on the Sheriff's website at http://www.mchenrysheriff.org/

A cozy relationship must exist between the sheriff's department and the Northwest Herald for the story to get reported only there. Did the sheriff's department hold a telephone press conference with the Northwest Herald staff to provide details that are, as of now, still not available elsewhere?

A review of the Public Access records on the website of the McHenry County Circuit Clerk (http://www.mchenrycircuitclerk.org/) shows lengthy records of both. Timothy Smith has 73 entries, mostly traffic charges, but also including two charges in 2010 in Woodstock, including resisting a police officer and battery.
The maiden (or also known as) name of Holian is important in searching records of Kimberly A. Smith; under Holian she has 53 entries in her record, mostly traffic (but not all).

Let's see - it's 5:30PM and Popovits still hasn't called me back. I guess it's safe to assume that he will not. I thought he might have extended the courtesy of an information call, especially since I didn't file a complaint against him, after he spoke disrespectfully about me to a citizen in the courthouse on April 15.

3 comments:

Cal Skinner said...

There is no press release for the "No way, Jose."

cal

Justin said...

The Daily Herald also has an interview with U/S Zinke. Guess they only talk to reporters not BLOGGERS.

Oh there is a Press Release...guess they must have lost your number.

Gus said...

Where did you see the press release? It's not on the sheriff's website. Doesn't really matter now. The Northwest Herald has greatly expanded its story.